Colleges and Universities

Emily Berl for The New York Times

News about Colleges and Universities, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 31, 2015

Charles M Blow Op-Ed column describes spending time with grieving family of Sam Dubose, who was shot dead by University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing; expresses admiration for way family members, and in particular Dubose's eldest sister Terina, have endured their grief even as they have become advocates for reform. MORE

Jul. 30, 2015

University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing is indicted on murder charge in relation to shooting death of unarmed black man Samuel Dubose during traffic stop; prosecutors release graphic video of shooting, saying footage provides evidence that Tensing misrepresented incident and that Dubrose did not act aggressively or pose threat; Officer Tensing could face life in prison. MORE

Jul. 29, 2015

Letters from Harvard University president Drew Gilpin Faust and Lafayette College president Alison Byerly comment on July 24 and July 25 articles concerning higher education. MORE

Jul. 29, 2015

Federal Investigators expand investigation into 2014 online attack against JPMorgan Chase, noting that five men charged may have enlisted aid from classmates at Florida State University; while associates of Joshua Samuel Aaron, Anthony R Murgio and Yuri Lebedev are being looked at, they have not been charged with wrongdoing and could merely be sources of information. MORE

Jul. 29, 2015

Marshall L Miller will step down as No 2 official at the Justice Dept's criminal division in Washington; longtime federal prosecutor has accepted position at New York University as part of expected transition to private sector. MORE

Jul. 29, 2015

Unusual number of front-office executives, agents and talent evaluators in major league baseball are graduates of Haverford College, Division III school outside Philadelphia that offers no athletic scholarships or sports-related majors; reasons for phenomenon are complex and varied. MORE

Jul. 28, 2015

George Washington University will no longer require most applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores to be considered for undergraduate admission; requirement will only apply to applicants who are home-schooled, those who come from high schools that provide only narrative evaluations, college athletes and students applying to seven-year program for aspiring physicians. MORE

Jul. 28, 2015

Canine Performance Sciences Program at Auburn University in Alabama is breeding and training dogs, nearly all Labrador retrievers, to be able to use their powerful sense of smell to detect bombs, narcotics and even livestock viruses; Auburn is partnering with five prisons in Florida and Georgia, using inmates to foster and help train the puppies before they are placed with government agencies or private security firms. MORE

Jul. 27, 2015

Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga, discontinues professorship endowed by Bill Cosby and returns funds to Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation; is latest school to sever ties with Cosby over allegations of assault by dozens of women. MORE

Jul. 24, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column remarks on prevalence of economists trained at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in policy positions and in general policy discourse, which have supplanted dominance of economists from University of Chicago; identifies difference between two schools of thought; laments that intellectual success of MIT economics has not translated to policy success. MORE

Jul. 23, 2015

University of Birmingham researchers say radiocarbon testing has revealed that two pages of ancient manuscript appear to be part of what may be oldest copy of Quran, and may have been transcribed by contemporary of Prophet Muhammad; pages are estimated to be at least 1,370 years old, although experts who have examined script on pages caution that age of pages does not necessarily prove age of transcription. MORE

Jul. 23, 2015

Officials announce University of California system will raise minimum wage for employees and contract workers to $15 an hour; move, latest in string of labor victories, follows minimum wage hikes in both city and county of Los Angeles. MORE

Jul. 23, 2015

Logistical problems force at least 1,500 Special Olympics athletes and coaches arriving in Southern California to sleep in gymnasium at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles before being taken to their host cities. MORE

Jul. 16, 2015

University of Michigan's apparel contract with Nike could reportedly be worth $169 million. MORE

Jul. 15, 2015

New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo announces that City University of New York School of Medicine will open in fall of 2016 at Harlem campus of City College. MORE

Jul. 14, 2015

Researchers at University of Texas Medical Branch and National Institutes of Health find that inhalable aerosol Ebola vaccine neutralizes virus in monkeys; vaccine, which has not yet been tested in humans, can be administered without medical professional, which would make it of particular value in developing countries. MORE

Jul. 14, 2015

Exhibition on view at City University of New York documents lives of first black Africans to live in Dominican Republic. MORE

Jul. 14, 2015

Editorial, citing growing visibility of sexual assault on college campuses, points to growing body of research suggesting that providing children with quality sex education, along with teaching communication and emotion management to younger students, is effective way to reduce sexual assault later in life; hold that schools, state governments and families alike need to understand importance of early education about sexual assault. MORE

Jul. 13, 2015

Brooklyn Law School will begin offering 15 percent tuition repayments to graduates who fail to find full-time jobs within nine months of graduation; program is meant to address daunting competition and depressed job market that have coincided with steep drop off in enrollment. MORE

Jul. 11, 2015

Saturday Profile of poet Simon Armitage, who was elected professor of poetry at Oxford University, second-most-prestigious literary position in Great Britain. MORE

Jul. 10, 2015

Members of National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America spend two weeks rehearsing at Purchase College before launching tour that will make stops at Carnegie Hall and Beijing. MORE

Jul. 9, 2015

Montclair State University receives anonymous gift of $20 million, which will fund programs for its School of Business. MORE

Jul. 1, 2015

College and universities across country are bracing for consequences of Supreme Court's decision in reconsidering challenge to affirmative action at University of Texas at Austin by Abigail Fisher, white woman who was denied admission; advocates for affirmative action are worried that decision to revisit case indicates court is prepared to strike down race-based admissions. MORE

Jul. 1, 2015

New York State Court of Appeals upholds ruling allowing New York University to proceed with expansion plan involving several pieces of municipal land in Greenwich Village neighborhood that have long been used as public parks. MORE

Jun. 30, 2015

Supreme Court agrees, in 5-to-4 decision, to revisit use of race in admissions decisions by University of Texas at Austin, signaling that court may limit or even end affirmative action in higher education; most applicants from Texas are admitted under part of Top 10 program, which has produced significant diversity; remaining students are considered under standards that take account of academic achievement and other factors, including race and ethnicity. MORE

Jun. 27, 2015

Judge Renee Roche sentences former Florida A&M University marching band members Benjamin McNamee, Aaron Golson and Darryl Cearnel to 10 years of supervised probation in connection with 2011 death of Robert Champion, who collapsed and died after being pummeled by band members in hazing ritual. MORE

Jun. 27, 2015

University of Michigan survey finds consumer sentiment index rose in June to 96.1, its highest level since January, suggesting spending might increase this year; Commerce Dept also reports consumer spending grew at annual pace of 2.1 percent in first three months of 2015. MORE

Jun. 25, 2015

Conservative religious schools all over country are confronting possibility that Supreme Court approval of constitutional right to same-sex marriage could result in their losing their tax-exempt status unless they move to accept same-sex relationships. MORE

Jun. 24, 2015

Students, faculty and alumnae of Sweet Briar women's college celebrate court ruling that will postpone closing of institution for at least one more academic year; ruling follows court settlement brokered by Virginia district attorney's office, but sudden reversal of college's fortunes has left confusion in its wake, with many students and faculty already having made plans to leave. MORE

Jun. 24, 2015

Tennessee Judge Monte D Watkins declares mistrial in rape case against former Vanderbilt football players Cory Batey and Brandon Vandenburg, vacating their convictions; decision comes after post-trial disclosure by jury foreman Todd Easter that he had been victim of sex crimes as a teenager; prosecutors say they will seek new trial as soon as possible. MORE

Jun. 24, 2015

Federal court deals significant blow to for-profit college industry by ruling that Education Dept is within its rights to put in place stringent regulations governing career training programs. MORE

Jun. 23, 2015

The production is among the highlights of the 2015-16 Peak Performances season at Montclair State University in New Jersey. MORE

Jun. 23, 2015

Judge James W Updike Jr approves settlement that will allow Sweet Briar College in Virginia to remain open for at least another academic year. MORE

Jun. 22, 2015

Sean Combs, known as Diddy, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an incident involving a kettlebell at U.C.L.A. MORE

Jun. 21, 2015

Sweet Briar College, women's liberal arts college in rural Virginia set to close due to financial problems, says it will remain open for at least one more academic year following settlement. MORE

Jun. 21, 2015

Loose Ends column by Michael Lewis imagines letter from Harvard University admissions office to Harvard Management Company about application review of billionaire Steve Schwarzman, who was denied admission to class of 1969. MORE

Jun. 20, 2015

Brian Seibert reviews premiere of dance piece Analogy/Dora: Tramontane, choreographed and performed by Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at Montclair State University's Alexander Kasser Theater in Montclair, NJ; piece is part of Peak Performances series. MORE

Jun. 19, 2015

Top academic and business leaders in Seattle unveil plans to create the Global Innovation Exchange, new research institute that sprung from partnership between the University of Washington and China's Tsinghua University; project received some $40 million from Microsoft; Seattle, unlike other leading tech regions in the United States, has long relied on talent from single local research university, and new institution is meant to address that gap. MORE

Jun. 17, 2015

New York State lawmakers propose legislation intended to address issue of sexual assault on college campuses; bill would create statewide definition of 'affirmative consent,' establish new unit in State Police and require campuses to inform students about their rights and how to report assaults. MORE

Jun. 17, 2015

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg make rare joint appearance at groundbreaking for Cornell University's Roosevelt Island campus; de Blasio praises Bloomberg for his $100 million donation to university's applied sciences graduate school and for his commitment to city. MORE

Jun. 16, 2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies gives $100 million to Cornell Tech, applied sciences graduate school of Cornell University, to construct technical school on Roosevelt Island; building, to be called Bloomberg Center, is scheduled to open in 2017. MORE

Jun. 14, 2015

Planned residential tower that will house graduate students, faculty and staff on Cornell Tech's Roosevelt Island campus will be largest and tallest sustainable high-rise in the world when construction is completed in 2017; passive-house building will maintain comfortable temperatures year round without any active heating or cooling systems. MORE

Jun. 12, 2015

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Tim Hunt steps down as professor at University College London after saying women should be segregated in labs because they cry when criticized and are romantic distraction. MORE

Jun. 12, 2015

Study in The New England Journal of Medicine finds program that trained first year female students at three Canadian college campuses to avoid rape lowered their risk of sexual assault from 10 percent to 5 percent; many researchers praise potential of program, but some say it is no substitute for dealing with attitudes and behavior of potential rapists. MORE

Jun. 12, 2015

Pew Charitable Trusts report finds that federal government has outpaced states in providing funding for higher education for first time in recent years; cites federal funding of $75.6 billion in 2013, compared to $72.7 billion in state funding. MORE

Jun. 12, 2015

Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha announces his resignation; departure comes during infighting and inquiry by New York State attorney general into management of college's finances. MORE

Jun. 12, 2015

David Brooks Op-Ed column describes how modern transition from youth to adulthood now takes place between ages of 22 and 30, which is documented in Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa book Aspiring Adults Adrift; suggests that young college graduates should be reassured that this time is just a phase, one that will eventually make them stronger and more sure of their direction in life. MORE

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